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This
is the place where the Granma landed with Fidel Castro and 82
revolutionaries aboard on December 2, 1956. Fidel and his men came back to Cuba to fight against the
government of Batista and start the Cuban Revolution. The disembarkation
of the Granma was disastrous. In Allegria de Pio the men had their first
clash with batista's army. Only 23 men survived and managed to
escape to the mountains of the
Sierra Maestra. An important supporter of the group was Celia
Sanchez, the M-26-7 underground leader in Manzanillo.
At the site you
can find a copy of the Granma. The original Granma you can see in Havana
in Pavillon Granma. There is also a small museum with portraits of the 82 men
and a map of the route the Granma made from Mexico to Cuba. A boardwalk
of 2.5 kilometer through the swamps will bring you to the exact location
where the Granma landed. If you are walking through the swamps you can
understand a little about the difficulties the revolutionaries had to
overcome.
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